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Senate Approves Bill to Protect Energy-Related Jobs

The Senate approved a bill on Wednesday intended to protect
family-sustaining Pennsylvania jobs placed at risk by the federal Clean Power
Plan.

Senate Bill 1195 provides procedures for the General Assembly’s
consideration of the Department of Environmental Protection’s implementation
strategy for the federal Clean Power Plan before its submission to the federal
Environmental Protection Agency.

Senate Bill 1195 is a compromise agreement between the General Assembly and
Governor Wolf that provides important safeguards that protect local
energy-producing industries and the thousands of workers they employ from
overreaching regulations that could come with Pennsylvania’s compliance with the
federal Clean Power Plan.

Senate Bill 1195 now goes to the House of Representatives for consideration.

The Senate also approved and sent to the House five additional bills this
week.

House Bill 264requires carbon monoxide detectors to be installed
in long-term care nursing facilities, personal care homes and assisted living
residences that use fossil fuel burning devices or appliances. The bill returns
to the House for concurrence on Senate amendments.

Senate Bill 1227transfers the responsibilities of the Public
Employee Retirement Commission with regard to pension legislation to the
Independent Fiscal Office and the Office of the Auditor General.

House Bill 1241amends the definition of public utility in state
law to exempt water or sewer service provided by a resort and to exempt the
provision of service by a municipal corporation under certain circumstances. The
bill returns to the House for concurrence on Senate amendments.

Four Bills Sent to the Governor

Four bills received final legislative approval and were sent to the Governor
for his signature and enactment into law.

House Bill 57amends the Public Utility Code to change the interest
rate associated with recovery of purchased gas costs, eliminate the migration
rider, and provide for recovery of costs incurred to implement customer choice.

Senate Bill 61officially recognizes bike medics and permits them
to operate their bicycles in the same manner as a police officer on a bicycle.

Senate Bill 489reduces the maximum fee that a check casher may
charge for cashing government checks.

Senate Bill 847adds a representative from the Korean War Veterans
Association to the State Veterans Commission, a panel comprised of
representatives from Pennsylvania’s major veterans associations.

The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee approved
legislation on Tuesday that would require continuing medical education training
as a way to stem the tide of opioid and prescription drug abuse in the state.

Senate Bill 1202requires state licensing boards to call for two
hours of continuing education in “pain management” and two hours in “opioid
prescribing practices” for individuals applying for an initial license or
renewal of an existing license or certification to prescribe medications in the
Commonwealth.

The increased use of heroin, which often has roots in the abuse of
prescription painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin, has catapulted Pennsylvania
to seventh in the nation for drug-related overdose deaths in recent federal
statistics. According to a National Survey of Primary Care Physicians, nine out
of 10 doctors reported prescription drug abuse as a moderate to large problem in
their communities, and 85 percent believed that prescription drugs are overused
in clinical practice.